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L. G. KBNTON.

, MONUMENT. No. 366,326, Patented July 12, 1887.

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LLEWELLYN G. KENTON, OF MONTICELLG, INDIANA.

MONUMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. N o. 366,326, dated July l2, 1.887.

Application filed December l0. 1885. Serial No. 185.2492 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLEWELLYN G. KENTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monticello, in the county of White and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Landmarks and Monuments for Marking the Corners and Boundaries of Real Estate, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in monuments for marking the corners and boundary lines of real estate in sections, parts of sections, town lots, graveyard lots, or any small subdivision of real estate; and the object of my improvement is to provide a durable monuv ment for marking said corners and boundaries, which shall be intelligible to any person of ordinary intelligence. v

Heretofore corners and boundaries of lands and lots have been marked with wooden stakes, notched or blazed trees, ordinary stone mouuments, with in some instances merely a cross, thus, (-l-) to designate its importance as a monument or landmark, and too often even this was neglected, and only the rude stone was planted among thousands of its fellows lying around in proximity, and in a few Weeks after the evidences of its deposit had worn away. Its importance as a landmark had departed also. Stakes and trees also are perishable, and land-owners are of necessity compelled every few years to employ the services of a surveyor to determine the boundaries of their lands and lots, and not unfrequently 1itigation and great expense is incurred in determining the corners and boundaries of comparatively small tracts of real estate, which, if marked with a durable and intelligible monument, would be unquestioned. I attain this object by the manufacture of a monument, either of stone, metal, clay burned and glazed, or any durable material, with spherical or rectangular side from eight inches to two feet or more in length and from four to eight inches in diameter, With a smooth flat surface on the upper end, with indentations therein for the purpose of receiving the numbers or figures denoting the particular corner or boundary intended to be marked, which numbers are made of metal or other suitable material and placed thereinwhen the monument is located and erected, as illustrated in. the accompanying drawings, in whichl Figure l is the monument complete, with cross and figures denoting the particular corner it is intended to represent. Fig. 2 is a section showing the indentations for the reception of the numbers or gures, and Fig. 3 is a sectionof the top with the cross and figures thereon.

I am aware that monuments have heretofore been known formed of a hollow body provided with perforations adapted to receive the shank of the numbers or letters, said shank being held in place by means of nuts or equivaient retaining devices upon the inner side of the Walls, and I therefore Wish to disclaim any such construction.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A monument for marking cornersI and boundaries, formed of a solid body, depressions or indentations formed in the surface of said solid body, said depressions being of approximately uniform size and shape, and each adapted to receive and hold by its walls a single lettered or numbered block of similar shape separated from the other blocks, substantially as described.

LIIEWELLYN G. KENTON.

VVitnessesr DAVID MOORAIG, JAMES M. MoBETH. 

